JOB DESCRIPTION – TLPO1

Job Objective

The recruiter is Nigeria’s pioneer education partnership organisation, specialising in research, design, implementation, support and evaluation of education programmes, projects and initiatives across the public, private and non-profit sectors. We seek to fill the role of a Programme Officer for our organisation.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, communication skills and a proven ability to lead, plan and manage organisational systems. The successful candidate will work as a key part of the core implementation team to coordinate the design and delivery of various programmes within the organisation.

Job Title: Programme Officer (PO)
Department: Consultancy
Reports to: Head of the Consultancy Unit

Key Roles and Responsibilities
Programme Development - Consultancy
The PO will support and be partly responsible for:
• Coordinating programmes within the Consultancy department.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with key education sector partners in government and within the international donor community.
• Participating in monitoring and review of activities in the state and prepare monthly progress reports of these.
• Preparing and finalising knowledge products in specific areas of research assigned
• Contributing to development of toolkits, manuals and activity reports.
• Working closely with international and local stakeholders (both Governmental and Non-governmental) and local country teams to ensure initiative is delivered to schedule and within budget.
• Representing and making presentations on behalf of the organisation from time to time at events.
• Assisting in processing of travel and logistics for workshop/ meeting participants including travel arrangements and monetary advances
• Assisting in preparing budgets and maintaining financial records for specific activities
• Working closely with teams in the management of a newly established training initiative.

Technical and Behavioural competencies
The ideal candidate must:
• Be passionate about education transformation in Nigeria
• Must be highly organised, reliable attention to detail and ability to work independently
• Have excellent communication and inter-personal skills, and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, partners, external actors and allies
• Have excellent analytical skills, strong research and writing skills and proficiency in written and spoken English
• Have the ability to work under-pressure, meet deadlines and prioritise workloads
• Be a team player with strong leadership skills and the ability to build value adding relationships with people at all levels across the public, private and civil society sectors
• Have the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team with respect for diversity and to respond positively to mentoring and directions

Experience/ Qualification
• Degree in education or development related field from a recognised university (possession of a Masters’ degree is an added advantage)
• Minimum of 3 years of cognate experience in the development sector, research, education, policy advocacy
• Experience in working with international development organisations (working on development and/or donor/grant funded programmes will be an added advantage)
• Multilingual speaker desirable, especially in French
How you will be assessed
Within the context of the role described above, the ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key capabilities:
• Supports strategic direction: Understands the direction the organisation is going and contributes to this
• Achieves results: Demonstrated ability to contribute to the ongoing work of teams
• Displays personal drive and integrity: Complies with organisation procedures and maintains strict confidentiality on work-related issues
• Communicates with influence: Demonstrated capacity to work in teams and utilise sound interpersonal and communication skills
Others:
• Based in Lagos and willing to travel extensively nationally and internationally

Remuneration
Very competitive full time package commensurate with experience and demonstrated competence

To apply, candidates should send a copy of their CV and covering letter to jobs@lagosrecruit.com

JOB DESCRIPTION - PLPDO01
Partnership Development Officer
Job Objective
The recruiter is Nigeria's pioneer education partnership consultancy, specialising in research, design,
implementation, support and evaluation of education programmes, projects and initiatives across the
public, private and non-profit sectors. We are looking to help our client fill the role of a Partnership
Development Officer
The incumbent should have a strong knowledge and understanding of current trends in research analysis,
policy, education management and local partnership development. The successful candidate will work as
a key part of the core implementation team to coordinate the design and delivery of the key processes
and tools for establishing the citizen led household survey of learning in Nigeria.
Job Title: Partnership Development Officer
Department: Research and Development
Reports to: National Programme Manager
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Team Leadership
• Set up and manage the Abuja Liaison office.
• Manage budgets, activities, team leadership, results delivery of the liaison office, and the
effectiveness of the partnership development processes and outcomes.
Partnership Development
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in the public sector (federal and state), civil
society and in the international development community.
• Coordinate and manage the recruitment and management of partners at the state, local government
and community levels.
• Secure all necessary government approvals required for data collection, analysis and dissemination.
• Oversee volunteer recruitment and training process at state, local government and community level.
Project Management
• Assist in the development and management of the project management plan for the organisation's
project.
• Develop and maintain a project reporting framework, and contribute as required to the development
of funding and research proposals, publications and communication materials.
• Identify and maintain an active Risks and Issues log, meeting notes and journal of lessons learnt from
the project.
• Ensure effective communication between the headquarters and key stakeholders in the public sector
and in the communities supported by the organisation.
• Support field processes for survey administration and process re-checks in states.
• Assist as required in the development and delivery of programme requirements. 
Communications
• Assist in the development and management of the stakeholder communications plan.
• Contribute to the development of articles, research papers, and lessons learnt from the project.
• Maintain an active journal to aid reflection on issues encountered, how they were resolved, and
lessons learnt from the pilot.
Post-pilot Review
• Play an active role in all elements of the post-pilot review including the development of the organisation's 5 Year Plan and fundraising proposal.
Job Attributes
Qualifications
Degree qualified in any discipline with emphasis on research, policy and education management.
Required
• Passionate about education transformation in Nigeria with a clear vision for what a well-educated
population would mean for Nigeria's development potential
• Demonstrable experience of working to make this happen in some way or the other
• Understanding of Nigeria's education system and key stakeholders across the private, public and civil
society sectors
• Hausa speaker with an understanding of Islamic culture and demonstrable ability to engage and build
relationships with community leaders and volunteers at all levels
• Organised, adaptable, good people management skills and ability to lead, manage and participate in
physical and virtual teams
• Mobile and willing to travel nationally and internationally
• Team player with strong leadership skills, well networked and able to build value adding relationships
with people at all levels across the public, private and civil society sectors
• Willing and able to write their own job description and 18 month implementation plan
• Lives in Abuja or willing to relocate
Desirable
• Experience of working on donor / grant funded programmes an advantage
• Project management experience and demonstrable competencies
• Experience of managing budgets and service contracts
• Extensive network of senior level contacts across the private, public and civil society sectors
• Can start immediately
Job Dimensions
• As above
• Any other tasks assigned by your Manager
• Willingness to relocate if not resident in Abuja

To apply, candidates should send a copy of their CV and covering letter to jobs@lagosrecruit.com

JOB DESCRIPTION – TLPM1
Programme Manager
Job Objective

The recruiter is Nigeria’s pioneer education partnership consultancy, specialising in research, design, implementation, support and evaluation of education programmes, projects and initiatives across the public, private and non-profit sectors. The programme is an innovative assessment and advocacy initiative which is positioned for nationwide implementation. We seek to fill the role of a Programme Manager for this programme.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, communication skills and a proven ability to lead, plan and manage organisational systems. The successful candidate will work as a key part of the core implementation team to coordinate the design and delivery of the programme
Job Title: Programme Manager (PM)
Department: Programme Management Office
Reports to: Programme Director

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Operations and Administration
The PM will be responsible for
• Effective management of the Human Resources of the programme, ensuring standards of best practices are met.
• Overseeing the administrative processes of the programme including grant management processes
• Promoting effective financial management.
• Supporting recruitment and management of the programme team
• Lead and support fundraising efforts.

Strategic Planning and Programme Development
The PM will support and be partly responsible for:
• Elaborating the organisation’s strategic framework for further evolution, including pursuing and identifying relevant opportunities for programme development.
• Identifying and establishing relationships and ensuring regular engagement and coordination with key strategic partners in government, civil society, media and the international community.
• Promoting internal lesson-learning within the organisational programmes to ensure effective knowledge management on cross–organisational thematic issues (such as illiteracy and access to basic education) and functions (such as capacity building, policy research, advocacy, fundraising and communications).
• Contributing to the organization’s wider organisational strategy and development by participating in strategic planning and other cross-organisational processes.

Programme Management and Implementation
The PM will be responsible for:
• Managing and overseeing the Programme’s definition, Scope Control, Change Management and Project planning
• Managing and undertaking annual planning and strategy review processes.
• Managing the development and implementation of advocacy strategies targeting decision-makers and opinion-shapers in the public and private and the wider international community.
• Ensuring overall monitoring and evaluation of the programme, including through developing M&E plans and undertaking quarterly review processes.
• Ensuring Programme Delivery Methodology is followed.
• Owning and driving delivery of Programme road map and milestone plan.
• Ensuring organisation’s programme documentation and effective information management
• Reviewing individual work stream reports, and communicate programme status, achievements key actions and to manage any delays.
• Ensuring quality criteria, plans, control and acceptance processes as are setup and followed for all programme deliverables.
• Ensuring quality improvements identified during the reviews are put in place.

Communication and Policy Advocacy
The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Making high level representation at external meetings and raising the profile of organization both in terms of promoting our in-country work and cross organisational lessons learned.
• Providing information to organisation’s Finance & Communications Teams for external communication purposes.
• Managing the production and dissemination of appropriate information materials (e.g. publications, policy briefs) in line with organisation’s overall communication guidelines and practice.
• Creating communication materials in the most ideal way to be used in presentations and meetings.
• Participating effectively in the policy making process of the organisation.

Assessment
The PM will be responsible for:
• Line-managing the programme team.
• Managing external consultants, as needed.
• Managing partnerships with local and international partners based on organisation’s partnership principles, ensuring effective cross-learning, capacity-building, and communication.
• Working closely with international and local stakeholders (both Governmental and Nongovernmental) and local country teams to ensure initiative is delivered to schedule and within budget.
• Working with teams to find solutions to risks and issues and reduce risk and work with stakeholders on appropriate solutions as and when required
• Working with teams to ensure the use of ideal tools for operations and ensuring the accuracy and reliability of data used or gathered.

Strategy/Vision
The incumbent is expected to support and be partly responsible for:
• Creating a plan for scaling up the project nationally.
• Benefit planning, management and realisation as the project scales up.
• Develop and manage programme budgets and manage accounts in line with Company’s organisational processes.
• Providing overall financial oversight to the organisation’s programme.
• Ensuring the effectiveness of fund raising processes, reporting, writing and presentations.
Technical and Behavioural competencies
• Passionate about education transformation in Nigeria.
• Vision for what a well-educated population would mean for the development potential of Nigeria with substantial working experience.
• Organised and able to lead physical and virtual teams.
• Has a can do attitude, but is also a roll up my sleeves will do kind of person.
• Team player with strong leadership skills, well networked and able to build value adding relationships with people at all levels across the public, private and civil society sectors.
• Proven ability to lead fundraising and programme development, including experience in dealing with commercial tenders.
• Excellent analytical skills and proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Proven ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team with respect for diversity.
• High level communication skills, including experience of communicating effectively across cultures and with diverse audiences, both verbally and in writing.
Experience/ Qualification
• Master’s degree from a recognised university in Education, Research, Development, Social Work or any other relevant field (possession of a PhD is an added advantage).
• Minimum of 7 years leadership experience in any or a combination of the following: education, research, policy advocacy
• Experience of working on development and/or donor/grant funded programmes will be an added advantage.
• Multilingual speaker desirable.
Job Dimensions
• As above
• Reports to the Programme Director
• Based in Lagos and willing to travel both nationally and internationally

Remuneration
Very competitive full time package commiserate with experience and demonstrated competence

To apply, candidates should send a copy of their CV and covering letter to jobs@lagosrecruit.com

JOB DESCRIPTION - PLPDO01
Partnership Development Officer
Job Objective
The recruiter is Nigeria's pioneer education partnership consultancy, specialising in research, design,
implementation, support and evaluation of education programmes, projects and initiatives across the
public, private and non-profit sectors. We are looking to help our client fill the role of a Partnership
Development Officer
The incumbent should have a strong knowledge and understanding of current trends in research analysis,
policy, education management and local partnership development. The successful candidate will work as
a key part of the core implementation team to coordinate the design and delivery of the key processes
and tools for establishing the citizen led household survey of learning in Nigeria.
Job Title: Partnership Development Officer
Department: Research and Development
Reports to: National Programme Manager
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Team Leadership
• Set up and manage the Abuja Liaison office.
• Manage budgets, activities, team leadership, results delivery of the liaison office, and the
effectiveness of the partnership development processes and outcomes.
Partnership Development
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in the public sector (federal and state), civil
society and in the international development community.
• Coordinate and manage the recruitment and management of partners at the state, local government
and community levels.
• Secure all necessary government approvals required for data collection, analysis and dissemination.
• Oversee volunteer recruitment and training process at state, local government and community level.
Project Management
• Assist in the development and management of the project management plan for the organisation's
project.
• Develop and maintain a project reporting framework, and contribute as required to the development
of funding and research proposals, publications and communication materials.
• Identify and maintain an active Risks and Issues log, meeting notes and journal of lessons learnt from
the project.
• Ensure effective communication between the headquarters and key stakeholders in the public sector
and in the communities supported by the organisation.
• Support field processes for survey administration and process re-checks in states.
• Assist as required in the development and delivery of programme requirements. 
Communications
• Assist in the development and management of the stakeholder communications plan.
• Contribute to the development of articles, research papers, and lessons learnt from the project.
• Maintain an active journal to aid reflection on issues encountered, how they were resolved, and
lessons learnt from the pilot.
Post-pilot Review
• Play an active role in all elements of the post-pilot review including the development of the organisation's 5 Year Plan and fundraising proposal.
Job Attributes
Qualifications
Degree qualified in any discipline with emphasis on research, policy and education management.
Required
• Passionate about education transformation in Nigeria with a clear vision for what a well-educated
population would mean for Nigeria's development potential
• Demonstrable experience of working to make this happen in some way or the other
• Understanding of Nigeria's education system and key stakeholders across the private, public and civil
society sectors
• Hausa speaker with an understanding of Islamic culture and demonstrable ability to engage and build
relationships with community leaders and volunteers at all levels
• Organised, adaptable, good people management skills and ability to lead, manage and participate in
physical and virtual teams
• Mobile and willing to travel nationally and internationally
• Team player with strong leadership skills, well networked and able to build value adding relationships
with people at all levels across the public, private and civil society sectors
• Willing and able to write their own job description and 18 month implementation plan
• Lives in Abuja or willing to relocate
Desirable
• Experience of working on donor / grant funded programmes an advantage
• Project management experience and demonstrable competencies
• Experience of managing budgets and service contracts
• Extensive network of senior level contacts across the private, public and civil society sectors
• Can start immediately
Job Dimensions
• As above
• Any other tasks assigned by your Manager
• Willingness to relocate if not resident in Abuja

To apply, candidates should send a copy of their CV and covering letter to jobs@lagosrecruit.com with PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OFFICER as the subject.

JOB DESCRIPTION – TLPM1
Programme Manager
Job Objective

The recruiter is Nigeria’s pioneer education partnership consultancy, specialising in research, design, implementation, support and evaluation of education programmes, projects and initiatives across the public, private and non-profit sectors. The programme is an innovative assessment and advocacy initiative which is positioned for nationwide implementation. We seek to fill the role of a Programme Manager for this programme.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, communication skills and a proven ability to lead, plan and manage organisational systems. The successful candidate will work as a key part of the core implementation team to coordinate the design and delivery of the programme
Job Title: Programme Manager (PM)
Department: Programme Management Office
Reports to: Programme Director

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Operations and Administration
The PM will be responsible for
• Effective management of the Human Resources of the programme, ensuring standards of best practices are met.
• Overseeing the administrative processes of the programme including grant management processes
• Promoting effective financial management.
• Supporting recruitment and management of the programme team
• Lead and support fundraising efforts.

Strategic Planning and Programme Development
The PM will support and be partly responsible for:
• Elaborating the organisation’s strategic framework for further evolution, including pursuing and identifying relevant opportunities for programme development.
• Identifying and establishing relationships and ensuring regular engagement and coordination with key strategic partners in government, civil society, media and the international community.
• Promoting internal lesson-learning within the organisational programmes to ensure effective knowledge management on cross–organisational thematic issues (such as illiteracy and access to basic education) and functions (such as capacity building, policy research, advocacy, fundraising and communications).
• Contributing to the organization’s wider organisational strategy and development by participating in strategic planning and other cross-organisational processes.

Programme Management and Implementation
The PM will be responsible for:
• Managing and overseeing the Programme’s definition, Scope Control, Change Management and Project planning
• Managing and undertaking annual planning and strategy review processes.
• Managing the development and implementation of advocacy strategies targeting decision-makers and opinion-shapers in the public and private and the wider international community.
• Ensuring overall monitoring and evaluation of the programme, including through developing M&E plans and undertaking quarterly review processes.
• Ensuring Programme Delivery Methodology is followed.
• Owning and driving delivery of Programme road map and milestone plan.
• Ensuring organisation’s programme documentation and effective information management
• Reviewing individual work stream reports, and communicate programme status, achievements key actions and to manage any delays.
• Ensuring quality criteria, plans, control and acceptance processes as are setup and followed for all programme deliverables.
• Ensuring quality improvements identified during the reviews are put in place.

Communication and Policy Advocacy
The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Making high level representation at external meetings and raising the profile of organization both in terms of promoting our in-country work and cross organisational lessons learned.
• Providing information to organisation’s Finance & Communications Teams for external communication purposes.
• Managing the production and dissemination of appropriate information materials (e.g. publications, policy briefs) in line with organisation’s overall communication guidelines and practice.
• Creating communication materials in the most ideal way to be used in presentations and meetings.
• Participating effectively in the policy making process of the organisation.

Assessment
The PM will be responsible for:
• Line-managing the programme team.
• Managing external consultants, as needed.
• Managing partnerships with local and international partners based on organisation’s partnership principles, ensuring effective cross-learning, capacity-building, and communication.
• Working closely with international and local stakeholders (both Governmental and Nongovernmental) and local country teams to ensure initiative is delivered to schedule and within budget.
• Working with teams to find solutions to risks and issues and reduce risk and work with stakeholders on appropriate solutions as and when required
• Working with teams to ensure the use of ideal tools for operations and ensuring the accuracy and reliability of data used or gathered.

Strategy/Vision
The incumbent is expected to support and be partly responsible for:
• Creating a plan for scaling up the project nationally.
• Benefit planning, management and realisation as the project scales up.
• Develop and manage programme budgets and manage accounts in line with Company’s organisational processes.
• Providing overall financial oversight to the organisation’s programme.
• Ensuring the effectiveness of fund raising processes, reporting, writing and presentations.
Technical and Behavioural competencies
• Passionate about education transformation in Nigeria.
• Vision for what a well-educated population would mean for the development potential of Nigeria with substantial working experience.
• Organised and able to lead physical and virtual teams.
• Has a can do attitude, but is also a roll up my sleeves will do kind of person.
• Team player with strong leadership skills, well networked and able to build value adding relationships with people at all levels across the public, private and civil society sectors.
• Proven ability to lead fundraising and programme development, including experience in dealing with commercial tenders.
• Excellent analytical skills and proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Proven ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team with respect for diversity.
• High level communication skills, including experience of communicating effectively across cultures and with diverse audiences, both verbally and in writing.
Experience/ Qualification
• Master’s degree from a recognised university in Education, Research, Development, Social Work or any other relevant field (possession of a PhD is an added advantage).
• Minimum of 7 years leadership experience in any or a combination of the following: education, research, policy advocacy
• Experience of working on development and/or donor/grant funded programmes will be an added advantage.
• Multilingual speaker desirable.
Job Dimensions
• As above
• Reports to the Programme Director
• Based in Lagos and willing to travel both nationally and internationally

Remuneration
Very competitive full time package commiserate with experience and demonstrated competence

To apply, candidates should send a copy of their CV and covering letter to jobs@lagosrecruit.com with the Subject as PROGRAMME MANAGER

Job Description

Who We Need:
• We are looking for a WordPress-PHP intern who is dedicated to his/her craft and can write clean, logical, well-documented and re-usable code.
• We need you to write beautiful, fast PHP to a high standard, in a timely and scalable way.
• You will be able to create custom themes for websites, including custom plugins if needed.
• You will be a part of a creative team that is responsible for all aspects web development from the initial specification, to development and launch or handover to client.

Job Responsibilities

What You Need To Do:
• Write “clean”, well designed code
• Produce detailed specifications for developed sites
• Troubleshoot, test and maintain the WordPress software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Develop custom web applications that drive business processes
• Participate in internal and client meetings
• Collaborate with the design, strategy and business teams to find solutions for client projects
• Follow industry best practices for WordPress development and security
• Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary administer multiple WordPress sites

Requirements

What we are looking for:
• Proven software development experience in PHP
• Knowledge in developing themes and plugins for the latest WordPress versions
• Good knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX etc.
• Experience in common third-party APIs (Google, Facebook)
• Good analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work on WordPress sites and create mobile hybrid apps (iOS and Android) for the sites via WordPress backend using WP APIs
• Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

Other Information:

The WordPress intern will report to the Technology Manager, and will receive a stipend and medical coverage. During your internship, you will be trained and mentored by leading developers who will also evaluate your work and development. At the end of the internship and offer of full time employment will be made based on fit and performance.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to jobs@lagosrecruit.com. Please include ‘WordPress Developer’ in the subject line of your e-mail.

We are looking for an experienced Statistician and Researcher to join a major development programme and initiative. The successful candidate will bring a rich experience of work in development, data analysis, research and statistics and is expected to take ownership of the data, research and statistics functions of the project and company. The key functions and requirements of this position include those listed below.

Responsibilities
• Design, review and implement statistical related programmes and activities including enumeration and sampling techniques. This will routinely include data collection and other fieldwork for large development surveys and research projects
• Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques
• Develop and implement data collection systems and other processes that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality
• Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in primary and other complex data sets
• Filter and “clean” raw data generated from fieldwork in order to remove invalid values and ensure that the data collected is correct.
Requirements
• Prior experience as a statistician, economist or research analyst. Specific examples of this experience include population enumeration and sampling, data analysis and fieldwork pertaining to data collection.
• Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques
• Advanced knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analysing large datasets (Excel, SPSS, SAS etc)
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Advanced communication skills needed for report writing and for presentation of findings.
Education Requirements
• Degree (Masters or Advanced preferred, but Bachelors with strong experience will be considered) in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, or Information Management

If you meet the requirements above, and would like to apply to this position, please send an e-mail with the subject line ‘Statistics’ to jobs@lagosrecruit.com